Maybe TOO perfect of an action movie

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2014)

As action/sci-fi movies go, this may be the ultimate combination of everything you could possibly want. There are robots, dinosaurs, crazy technology, dystopian pre-apocalyptic conditions, epic fight scenes, and special effects to rival those of avatar.
While all these elements may not make this movie original or groundbreaking in anyway, they are undoubtedly things that just make it AWESOME to watch. However what made this movie completely painful to watch were the characters, and gaping plot holes.
In most movies, you usually feel SOMETHING, ANYTHING, for the people portrayed, however in this film I felt more love and compassion towards a bulldog that gets 60 seconds of screen time than any of the actual characters. This is partially due to a god awful script, and partially due to some god awful acting. I found myself actually groaning out loud at some parts due to how painfully obvious and ridiculous the scenes were.
This movie actually starts out really strong in the plot department, and gets you really interested and excited for the story to progress, however it all just goes downhill from there. Like why did the governments continue to back the wall even after it failed so obviously? And why did they figure out how to close the portal literally just DAYS before the apocalypse, when it had been open for like 10 years already? Couldn't that have been done sooner? Or why did the pilots remember they had a FREAKING SWORD only after destroying half of Hong Kong and flying out of earth's atmosphere?
Overall, this movie is so stereotypical it hurts a little bit, but it is clear that the characters and plot were seen as just backups to the main star, which is the undeniably cool robot dinosaur boss battles. This is simply the action movie of all action movies, which makes it both kind of terrible but kind of amazing a the same time.